A. B. Weeks (Anna Bull Weeks) but we think this is a portrait Samantha Mead Weeks
Entry/Object ID
100279
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Samantha Mead Weeks
Scope and Content
(AI) Chas. D. Fredricks & Co. Photographers
585 and 587 Broadway, New York
Charles DeForest Fredricks was one of the most famous early American portrait photographers. He operated his luxurious studio at 585 & 587 Broadway between 1860 and 1875. Given the subject's attire—the dark silk dress with pleated bodice, the classic white bonnet tied under the chin, and her wire-rimmed spectacles—this photograph was almost certainly taken in the 1860s, right around the time of the Civil War.
